A Bucks County, Pa. man who claims he was struck by a trash truck while he was walking along the side of a road in suburban Philadelphia is suing the company that owns the trash truck and the driver who was operating the vehicle at the time.

According to the complaint, Szymborski was walking along the shoulder of northbound New Rodgers Road near Trenton Road in Levittown, Pa. on Jan. 25, 2010 at about 6:25 in the morning, when he was suddenly struck by the 2007 Mack trash truck driven by Nichols.

The vehicle had been traveling in the same direction that the plaintiff was walking at the time of the incident.

The lawsuit accuses the defendants of carelessness and negligence for operating a motor vehicle in an unsafe manner, failing to yield to pedestrians, failing to keep a proper lookout while operating a motor vehicle, and failing to properly train Nichols, the driver, in the “safe and correct manner of operating a trash truck.”

“As a result of the defendants’ carelessness and negligence plaintiff has suffered, and will in the future continue to suffer mental, physical and emotional pain, distress and suffering,” the complaint states.

The lawsuit also states that Szymborski has suffered cosmetic disfigurement, as well as embarrassment and humiliation.

Szymborski is seeking judgment against the defendants, jointly and individually, in an amount exceeding $50,000, plus interest and the costs of the lawsuit.